Webmin on debian

A web-based interface for system administration for Unix. . Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. It's easy to install:

# su
Password

Download from:
http://www.webmin.com/

# dpkg --install webmin_1.580_all.deb

It's slow...to install

Maybe you need to install dependencies:
# apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl apt-show-versions python

Login:
https://localhost:10000/

Use your root to login

In case of error:
# apt-get -f install

more info:
http://www.webmin.com/

To allow access form internet you need to open the TCP ports 10000 and 80 of the Firewall of your router.

Disable USB pen drives

I have windows XP and Windows 7 workgroup with 15 avid workstations. I don't want that users use pen drives and external hd because virus and so on. To control i have disabled the usb ports from reading pen drives. To do that  simply make the permissions on the following files set to Deny:

C:\Windows\Inf\Usbstor.pnf
C:\Windows\Inf\Usbstor.inf

You need to go tools folder options then view and disable "Hide protected operating system files (Recomended)"

Pure and simple!

Avid Media Composer Export Project

Hi, work all day with avid at a school. We have a Unity Server and 15 Avid Media Composer PC's. Sometimes students ask me to take the project they made to home. With avid is not so easy. I have to consolidate all media to a new drive and copy the project and have duplicated media and have to delete older and so on..There are a couple of payed options but now there is a free!
It's Automatic Duck Media copy works on mac and pc

New in Media Copy version 3.0 s the ability to read Avid AVP and AVB files-- those are Avid project and Avid bin files! You can use Media Copy as a project archive tool, read your Avid bins and copy all of the media those bins are using!

So a easy way to copy media!
http://automaticduck.com/products/mc/

exFAT - Mac Windows and Linux

When there is the need to share a drive between a Mac and a Windows PC the natural choice is FAT32, but the fat32 is limited to maximum of  4 Gb for file. So easy alternative is exFAT. 

Apple added support for exFAT to Snow Leopard version 10.6.5.

ExFAT is available on Windows Vista with Service Pack and Windows 7 by default.
On Windows XP users can also install ExFAT with an optional download from Windows Update available where:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19364

On Linux the support is limited.

It's manual mount. But you have to install exFAT Fuse from software update
and python-fuse, libmono-fuse-cil and gvfs-fuse.

Now in terminal
make a directory on media to mount the drive:
#su
password
# mkdir /media/pen

To see the partion name
# cat /proc/partitions
for example my is sdb1

then: 

# mount.exfat-fuse /dev/sdb1 /media/pen

now it will appear on desktop

to eject
# umount /mnt/pen

More information about exFAT:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT